Psyop Cinema

Disclosure Day, with the Collins Brothers

We are joined by Paul and Phillip Collins for a deep dive into Steven Spielberg's psy-op flop Disclosure Day. The Collins brothers have documented and analyzed the long-r

The Doors, with Dr. Hans Utter (Oliver Stone 7)

Musician and musicologist Dr. Hans Utter joins Brett to discuss Oliver Stone’s 1991 musical biopic The Doors, a “trip movie” that is the first full-on showcase of Stone’s

The Firm, with Dr. Steven DeLay (Surveillance Cinema 3)

Steven Delay returns to our Surveillance Cinema series for a discussion of Sydney Pollack's 1993 legal thriller The Firm, starring Tom Cruise. We first spend some time on

Eddington, Bugonia, and Beau is Afraid, with Travis Mateer

After many requests for this analysis, Thomas is joined by Travis Mateer to cover Eddington, Ari Aster's 2025 neo-Western political satire and early-Covid period piece. W

Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone 6)

After his hyper-sus digression of Talk Radio (1988), we return to the thematic focus that defined this era of Olive Stone's career. He continues to explore the ghosts of

Suddenly (Research Report 8, Preview)

A preview clip from Brett's recent deep dive into the 1954 film Suddenly, starring Frank Sinatra as a mob hitman hired to assassinate a US president. The full Patreon-exc

True Detective: Night Country, with Jamie Hanshaw Dyer

Returning to True Detective, Thomas is joined by Jamie Hanshaw Dyer to analyze the controversial fourth season, Night Country, which takes a much less subtle approach in

Clint Eastwood and The Outlaw Josey Wales, with Jason McGinty

Brett and Thomas are joined by Jason McGinty, author of The Unsung Substack, for a discussion of both Clint Eastwood's 1976 film The Outlaw Josey Wales and Eastwood's bro

Sneakers, with Travis Mateer (Surveillance Cinema 2)

In the second installment of our Surveillance Cinema series, we are joined by citizen journalist Travis Mateer for a discussion of Sneakers, a 1992 comedy heist thriller,

Legend (Preview)

A couple preview clips from our recent Patreon-exclusive in-depth analysis of Ridley Scott's 1985 film Legend. The full-length discussion continues our research into 1980

Talk Radio (Oliver Stone 5)

Continuing our Oliver Stone series, we analyze the psy-ops within his 1988 film Talk Radio. Starring and co-written by Eric Bogossian, this film is strangely out of place

The Manchurian Candidate, with William Ramsey

Brett and Thomas have William Ramsey on to discuss The Manchurian Candidate, one of the most iconic cinematic depictions of mind control. We analyze the movie's abundant

Wall Street (Oliver Stone 4)

With Wall Street (1987), Oliver Stone continues both his search for the figure of the "good father" and his consideration of the legacy of 1960s idealism, this time throu

True Detective Season 3, with Dr. Steven DeLay

Thomas and Steven return to True Detective, analyzing season 3, where the series goes full psyop. Despite the positive and ambiguous qualities of the first two seasons, t

Labyrinth (Monarch 15), Preview

A section analyzing David Bowie, from the 15th installment of Brett's Patreon-exclusive series on Monarch films. Full description of the episode below, along with our Pat

Platoon (Oliver Stone 3)

Continuing our Oliver Stone series, we turn to Platoon (1986), the film that established Stone as a superstar director and inaugurated the most celebrated phase of his ca

NASA and Hollywood, Part 2 (on William Ramsey Investigates)

In his latest appearance on William Ramsey Investigates, Brett discusses Part 2 of his Hollywood-NASA research report, which appeared this June in the second issue of Cul

Drive, with Dr. Steven DeLay

Steven DeLay joins Thomas for a conversation about the 2011 film Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling. Analyzing the subversive and psyop-hea

The Writer With No Hands, with Matthew Alford (on William Ramsey Investigates)

Brett recently made an appearance on William Ramsey Investigates with top Hollywood-DC researcher and writer Matthew Alford to discuss the murder of deep state-connected

Fantasy Mind Control, with Monarch Survivor Carrie Olaje

A discussion with Carrie Olaje, a survivor of ritual abuse and trauma-based mind control. Carrie provides names, dates, and locations, as she describes how she was primed